Aamu, ilta / Morning, Evening. Akryyli mdf-levylle, 120cm x 170cm, 2018. 
Auttaminen II / Assistance II. Akryyli kankaalle, 174cm x 200cm, 2018. 
Sylejä: Harmaa, Musta, Valkoinen. / Laps: Gray, Black, White. Akryyli mdf-levylle, triptyykki, osat 80cm x 60cm, 2018. 
Pari III / Couple III. Akryyli mdf-levylle, 130cm x 110cm, 2018. 
Ryhmädynamiikka / Group Dynamics. Akryyli kankaalle, 160cm x 206cm, 2018. 
Sylissä V / In Your Arms V. Akryyli mdf-levylle, 150cm x 100cm, 2018. 
Sylissä VI / In Your Arms VI. Akryyli mdf-levylle, 130cm x 90cm, 2018. 
Ylesikuva näyttelystä Sylissä, galleria G, Helsinki 2018.
GALLERY G, HELSINKI
1. – 26.8.2018
TO THE PRESS
Die Liebe ist ein wildes Tier
Sie beißt und kratzt und tritt nach mir
– Rammstein: Amour
So you think that I asked for this
Let me show you what I think of your lips
And you think that I asked for this
Come on Use your fist
– Marilyn Manson: Breaking the Same Old Ground
In my paintings, there are people who need and search for a connection with each other but are not able to do it without problems.
During a residency in New York in the spring of 2018, I met some curators. One of them suggested that the theme in my works is police violence. The other that I deal with deranged nurses who start to kill their patients. As if violence was something that happens somewhere else, far away from us.
Every discussion is a potential assault, we face them on a daily basis. Wherever people gather, they instantly start to figure out who reaches the top and who is picked to be the underdog. In my paintings, these most often verbal situations take a physical form.
Luckily, there was a third curator who understood my point: You describe humanity, without separating it by race, gender or social class (which might be self-evident in Finland, but not in the US). You describe everything that people do, good and bad, the whole picture. And while it might not solve anything, it's important to even look at this picture.
Equality and democracy are still very, very difficult issues for humanity, both on a micro and macro level. Perhaps we are still in our infancy. Failures and bumps, therefore, do not come as a surprise. The persistence with which the child still tries to get on the sofa is moving.